The piece of wood was drifting down the river.

那块木头沿着河漂流而下。

It was falling away from the plane, drifting down toward them.

小白点从飞机上落下来，朝着她们飘去。

So she was just kind of drifting down the bank until finally, she discovered something else miraculous — a boat.

所以她只是沿岸顺流而下，直到最后她发现了另一个奇迹——一艘船。

House prices are drifting down in New Zealand.

新西兰的房价正在下跌。

Then—then night would come drifting down and perhaps another damp. The signs would spill their light into the street. Who knew?

然后——然后夜幕降临， 也许又是一个潮湿的夜晚。 这些标志会把它们的光洒到街上。 谁知道？

Standing by the window, he saw the huge flakes drifting slowly down out of an icy sky that was the colour of steel.

他站在窗前，看见大雪从像钢铁一样颜色的冷冰冰天空上缓缓地飘落下来。

Marine snow is basically organic matter, things like particles of dead algae, plants, and animals, drifting down into the depths and acting as food for deep-sea animals.

这种东西的名字听起来比它实质要美妙很多，海雪是一种有机物质，像死去的海藻或动植物的粒子沉入到深海中。

" Besides, " said I, " I may manage to do a little more with my sculling than merely keeping the boat from drifting down stream" .

“此外，”我说，“我的划桨可能比仅仅防止船顺流而下做的更多一些。”

The first flakes came drifting down as the sun was setting in the west. By nightfall snow was coming down so heavily that the moon rose behind a white curtain, unseen.

太阳西下时，天空才开始飘雪花，但入夜后，雪已大得蒙住了月亮，犹如白色巨幕。

The night was windless, the snow drifting straight down out of a cold black sky, yet the leaves of the heart tree were rustling his name. " Theon, " they seemed to whisper, " Theon" .

这里的夜没有风，雪花从黑暗冰冷的长天垂直坠落，心树的叶子却沙沙响，似乎在一遍又一遍诉说他的名字。" 席恩，" 他们低声呼唤，" 席恩。"

Soon another branch came drifting down among them, and again they took flight from the river; but when they found the branch had drifted by and done them no harm, they flew down to the water as before.

很快，另一根树枝也漂到了它们中间。鸭子再次从河里飞起来。当它们发现树枝漂走了，并没有对它们造成伤害后，它们又像从前那样落到了水里。